42 m. ago Thousands gather at the Cenotaph for Remembrance Sunday as Britain to fall silent in tribute to our war heroes

THOUSANDS have lined the streets around the Cenotaph as the nation prepares to pay tribute to our fallen war heroes. Veterans have also gathered in Whitehall for Remembrance Sunday to remember the 886,000 British personnel who died in the First World War. The King - who is Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and...

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15 h. ago War veterans struggling to find work are retraining in AI and cybersecurity

As thousands gather this weekend to remember our fallen soldiers, ex-servicemen say turning to tech has transformed their lives. They’re finding jobs thanks to recruitment firm FDM, which runs a career programme for former military personnel

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34 h. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Stop this cruel war against our veterans

To Labour's eternal shame, they've opened up a new front in the witch-hunt against British troops who served bravely in Northern Ireland.

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45 h. ago London WWII veteran, 100, says winning the war 'wasn't worth it' because of the state of the UK

The veteran made the comments on Good Morning Britain ahead of Remembrance Sunday this weekend

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47 h. ago 'My friends gave their lives for what, the country of today?': 100

Alec Penstone sat down with Kate, 58, and Adil, 51, to discuss his memories from battles during the war, and his feelings about the upcoming Remembrance Day.

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48 h. ago WW2 veteran leaves Adil Ray 'mortified' declaring winning the war 'wasn't worth it' because of the nation's sorry state live on Good Morning Britain

Alec Penstone sat down with Kate, 58, and Adil, 51, to discuss his memories from battles during the war, and his feelings about the upcoming Remembrance Day.

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50 h. ago 'Achingly sad' war film with 'transcendent performances' on BBC tonight

The film traces the life of famous British poet and decorated World War I combat veteran, Siegfried Sassoon, and it's all set to air at 11pm tonight on BBC2.

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61 h. ago Touching scenes as Prince Harry meets some of Canada's oldest veterans and kisses 91

Today, Prince Harry travelled to Sunnybrook Hospital's veterans centre in Toronto where he joined a group of Canadian war heroes for a creative arts class.

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67 h. ago How could Tropical Forest Forever fund proposed at Cop30 tackle deforestation?

Scheme aims to raise $125bn to invest in bonds, with returns used to reward tropical countries for conservationAs a battle-scarred veteran of the war against nature, Garo Batmanian has spent 45 years trying to defend the Amazon rainforest. For most of that time, the resistance he leads has been outfunded and outgunned by those who profit from destruction. The most Batmanian felt he could achieve was to slow the advance of the chainsaws and tractors.But the director-general of Brazil’s forest service feels there could be a chance at the Cop30 climate summit in Belém, Brazil, next week, not just of an even fight, but perhaps a victory. There is one condition: world governments must rally behind an initiative being launched by the host nation – the Tropical Forest Forever Facility (TFFF). Continue reading...

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4 d. ago ‘Music is my remedy’: how DJing is helping Ukraine’s war veterans with their recovery

At the Superhumans centre in Ukraine, the EnterDJ music therapy programme teaches war-wounded soldiers how to mix, rehabilitating them with dance music and providing purpose and opportunities to performIn Ukraine, sound carries a different weight: the cautionary blurt of sirens, Shahed drones humming overhead, the concussive thwack of air defence interception and the subsequent explosion. But as well as the sounds of war, which continue three and a half years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, music still plays, clubs remain open during the day (closing well before the midnight curfew), and electronic dance music remains an intrinsic part of many Ukrainian lives.Kyiv’s iconic clubs, such as K41, became bomb shelters before transforming into frontline fundraisers. Parties doubling up as cleanup operations are held at strike sites. New venues such as Abo Records – the first of many creative spaces to set up shop in an abandoned liquor factory – have emerged as gathering points where y...

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4 d. ago 'Absolutely incredible' Netflix documentary about veterans struggle streaming now

Netflix viewers have been left absolutely blown away by a new documentary about PTSD struggles that has just been added to the streaming service

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5 d. ago Huntingdon driver says 'I did the same as any other' as he breaks train attack silence

Iraq war veteran Andrew Johnson said he drew on his years of experience to help him stop at Huntingdon station - where armed officers swooped aboard the LNER train

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6 d. ago Hero Huntingdon train driver is Royal Navy & Iraq War veteran who is ‘shaken up’ after saving lives with quick thinking

THE heroic Huntingdon train driver who is "shaken up" after saving lives with his quick thinking is a Royal Navy and Iraq War veteran. Andrew Johnson, from Peterborough, made the emergency stop at Huntingdon station just minutes after being alerted to the stabbing rampage. His quick thinking allowed armed police to respond and saved lives,...

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6 d. ago 'Hero' train driver whose quick thinking saved lives is named as Iraq war veteran

Andrew Johnson is the man who managed to divert the train after being alerted by passengers that they were being attacked by a knifeman. He has been hailed a hero for his 'quick thinking'

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6 d. ago Revealed: Hero Huntingdon train driver who saved lives with quick

Andrew Johnson, of Peterborough, rapidly diverted the London-bound train to Huntingdon station after being alerted to the mass stabbing, enabling emergency services to act fast.

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2 w. ago War veterans 'left in tears' after wooden statues of soldiers at village memorial are snapped in half and poppies are kicked over

Villagers in Bilsthorpe, Nottinghamshire were 'distraught' after discovering that a display of wooden statues to commemorate those who have lost their lives in combat had been targeted.

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3 w. ago Double amputee Afghan war veteran, dubbed 'real hero' by Prince Harry, is subjected to vile racist abuse outside Tesco

Former Royal Marine Commando Ben McBean faced a barrage of vile insults after visiting the supermarket for chocolate and beer.

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3 w. ago ‘The jobless should lead the attack’: a radical Jamaican journalist in 1920s London

Economic insecurity, race riots, incendiary media Claude McKay was one of the few Black journalists covering a turbulent period that sounds all too familiar to us todayThere was no greater vantage point to see America burn than the Pennsylvania railroad. Working in the summer of 1919 as a dining car waiter, Claude McKay was so fearful that he had resorted to travelling with a revolver secreted in his starched white jacket. During this volatile time, which became known as the US’s Red Summer, a wave of racial violence engulfed the country.In a situation replicated across the western world, hundreds of thousands of first world war veterans had returned home and were now looking for work. Among them were Black troops who had fought for the allied powers and hoped that they would be awarded equal rights in return for their service. It was not to be. Continue reading...

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